Noooooo. Not another Cotty !
Peter Fairweather wrote:
> Mark
>
> The answer to your question is the lenses.
>
> In a moment of madness I looked at some of the C****n lens reviews to
> see what was to be gained if anything by switching to the full frame
> 5D. The favourite wide lens was the sigma 12-24, which I have in a
> Pentax mount. I didn't fancy paying £1000 for a 16-35 Canon zoom with
> worse barrel distortion than the Sigma. Their 14mm was twice the price
> of the Pentax and not that well thought of. The 20mm prime was
> indifferent although at least not astronomically expensive. the 24 1.4
> was excellent but only when stopped down and cost another £1000. The
> 24 2.8 was OK at best and so on
>
> Makes the advantage of a full frame sensor disappear at the wide end.
> I even thought of taking a hacksaw to the Pentax mounts and converting
> them to Canon.
>
> Has anyone ever tried that? ;> ;>
>
> Peter
>
>
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